This document provides examples of art from various regions and time periods in Africa, including Nubian pyramids from the 8th century BCE to 3rd century CE in Sudan; the Great Mosque of Djenné built in the 13th century and rebuilt in 1907 in Mali; an Ethiopian illuminated manuscript from the 16th century; Benin royal portraits and sculptures from the 14th to 18th centuries in Nigeria; a Dogon seated couple sculpture from 16th to 19th century Mali; Ci-Wara masks from 19th to early 20th century Mali; Kente cloth from early 20th century Ghana; Mbuti painted bark cloths; a Kongo Nkisi Nkondi sculpture

1. African Art

2. Nubian pyramids at Nuri (Napata) and Meroë, 8th century BCE–3rd Century CE

3. Great Mosque of Djenné, first built in the 13th c./rebuilt in 1907, Mali, adobe.

4. Ethopian Illuminated Manuscript, (Gospel book open to John the Evangelist page
copying John 1:1-2), 16th century CE, paint and ink on parchment.

5. Top: Benin royal portraits from the 14th–18th century.
Bottom: Benin palace altar to Oba Eweka II, 1964.
Right: Benin Royal Portrait, Nigeria, 1550–1680, brass.

6. Dogon Seated Couple, 16th–19th century, wood and metal.

7. Ci-Wara crest masks, mid-19th–early 20th century CE,
wood, metal, brass tacks, and grasses.
Ci-Wara maskers
performing

8. Kente Cloth (of the adweaneasa type) and detail,
silk and cotton, early 20th century CE.

9. Mbuti painted bark cloths.

10. Kongo Nkisi Nkondi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 19th century CE,
wood, iron, mixed media.

11. Kota Mbulu Ngulu figures, 19th-20th century CE, wood and hammered metal.